What are the nicest foods to eat to make sure you get enough vitamin E?
Sorry can this be moved to General? Complete accident!
Moderator’s Note: Moving to GQ.
Vegetable oils, nuts, and green leafy vegetables are the main dietary sources of vitamin E. Fortified cereals are also an important source of vitamin E in the United States. The table of selected food sources of vitamin E suggests foods that contain vitamin E (4).
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“Vegetable oils, nuts, and green leafy vegetables are the main dietary sources of vitamin E. Fortified cereals are also an important source of vitamin E in the United States.”
From this site,
the top 50 foods containing vitamin E are
(rank, category, food item)
01: Cereals ready-to-eat, KELLOGG, KELLOGG’S Complete Wheat Bran Flakes
02: Cereals ready-to-eat, KELLOGG, KELLOGG’S Complete Oat Bran Flakes
04: Cereals ready-to-eat, GENERAL MILLS, Whole Grain TOTAL
05: Cereals ready-to-eat, KELLOGG, KELLOGG’S PRODUCT 19
06: Cereals ready-to-eat, GENERAL MILLS, TOTAL Corn Flakes
07: Cereals ready-to-eat, GENERAL MILLS, Multi-Grain Cheerios
11: Cereals ready-to-eat, GENERAL MILLS, HARMONY
13: Cereals ready-to-eat, GENERAL MILLS, TOTAL Raisin Bran
15: Cereals ready-to-eat, KELLOGG, KELLOGG’S SMART START Cereal
41: Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, KRETSCHMER Honey Crunch Wheat Germ
03: Vegetable juice cocktail, canned
12: Chrysanthemum, garland, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
16: Spinach, frozen, chopped or leaf, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
17: Spinach, frozen, chopped or leaf, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
18: Coriander (cilantro) leaves, raw [Cilantro, raw, Chinese parsley, raw]
19: Dandelion greens, raw
21: Dandelion greens, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
22: Dandelion greens, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
23: Chard, swiss, raw
24: Chicory greens, raw
25: Radicchio, raw
26: Turnip greens, raw
27: Chard, swiss, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
28: Chard, swiss, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
29: Turnip greens, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
30: Turnip greens, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
32: Spinach, frozen, chopped or leaf, unprepared
34: Turnip greens, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
35: Turnip greens, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
36: Watercress, raw
37: Spinach, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
38: Spinach, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
39: Spinach, raw
40: Spinach, canned, drained solids
42: Mustard greens, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
43: Mustard greens, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
44: Turnip greens, canned, no salt added
45: Mustard greens, raw
46: Broccoli raab, cooked
47: Collards, raw
48: Broccoli raab, raw
49: Peanut butter, chunky, vitamin and mineral fortified
10: Mollusks, clam, mixed species, canned, liquid
50: Beverage, instant breakfast powder, chocolate, sugar-free, not reconstituted
08: Salad dressing, sweet and sour
09: Oil, wheat germ
14: Margarine-like spread, fat free, liquid, salted
20: Spices, paprika
31: Spices, pepper, red or cayenne
33: Spices, chili powder
yes unfortunately that list just contains fortified food substitutes and leafy herbs that you wouldnt eat very much of…
Well, going from No. 1 to No. 50, you drop from 27mg to 1mg (90% DV to 5% DV), so unless you include some of these foods in your diet, you won’t get much vitamin E
avocados
Is that per 100 grams or what?
That’s per 1 serving of each item. The serving size depends on the item. Check it out at the site itself.
Vitamin E capsules contain quite a lot of vitamin E.
Er, are pills food?
either sunflower seeds, or almonds…I forget which has more